Write less. Remember more.
2 mins to learn, 10 seconds to do, useful forever!
Important decisions and complex reasoning happen largely in our heads. Even when we write things down, we lose:
When we look back weeks or months later, we remember our conclusion, but rarely all the reasoning that led there.
This method allows quick capture and clear comprehension, anywhere you can write.
"New job offer. 30% more money but it's a startup. Stable now but bored. Gotta decide by Friday."
Three months later: "Why did I take this risk again?"
Take startup offer? [Jan 15] + ₹95k → ₹125k (30% raise) + Equity + actual growth opportunity - Startup could fold in 12 months - Leaving great manager and team ! Wife pregnant, due in 4 months ! Just bought house: ₹75,000/month EMI ? How much runway after Series A? [Jan 18] ! Runway: 18 months IF Series A closes (not guaranteed) Decision: Stay put Why: Baby + mortgage = can't risk startup implosion [8 months later] ! Startup folded. Dodged a bullet.
You remember exactly why you said no—and you were right.
Most people skip documenting decisions because writing full sentences feels like homework. PMB is designed for speed:
The lower the friction, the more you'll actually use it. Start messy. Add or edit only when needed. Rough PMB entries are better than perfect prose you never write.
You turn gut feelings into actual reasons. Force yourself to articulate the why.
Bonus: Better AI responses from richer context. Paste your PMB notes after your prompt.
Someone questions it, so you simply show it to them. No scrambling. No guessing. Just your reasoning, right there.
You face a similar decision. You don't start from zero. You build on what you already figured out.
You have dozens of decisions documented. You start seeing patterns. The way you weigh risk. What actually changes your mind. Where you consistently get it wrong.
You get better at thinking by studying yourself.
For every single reason captured, the value doesn't add. It multiplies and compounds.
One decision captured today helps five people next month. Helps fifty people next year.
PMB is useful anywhere the reasoning matters as much as the decision.
No account needed. Just type:
Start each line with + - ! ? (No formatting or correct grammar needed)
It's actually faster than writing sentences. Just put the symbol and dump your thoughts. After a week, it feels weird not to use it.
Pros/cons lists are flat. PMB shows critical facts, tracks how your thinking changes over time, and captures why you finally decided. Read the guide.
Anywhere you can type: Apple Notes, Notion, Obsidian, plain text files, paper napkins, or even a WhatsApp msg to yourself. The format works everywhere.
Not yet. PMB works in any app you already use. No vendor lock-in, no learning curve.
Absolutely. Store entries in your team wiki, share via Slack, or use shared docs. It creates a record of "why" for the whole organization.
Perfect—that's what the dates are for. Just add a new dated entry showing what changed. The evolution is the insight.
Meeting decisions, hiring notes, relationship logs, sales call takeaways, SOP updates, policy exceptions, employee review logs, research quotes, organizational memory, etc.
Great! But if we all have a commong syntax, its easy to share, with the best possible symbols already thought through. Also, AI requires similarity to train on.